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  • Compassion

    Compassion

    This word has been on my mind lately. Mostly because the world needs more of it. The people need more of it. The animals need more of it. The planet needs more of it. As a part of my spiritual practice, I recite five principles every day. The one I end with is “Today, I […]

    Jade

    March 15, 2021
    personal development
    compassion, compassion fatigue, compassionate, discipline, healing, judith klemos, self-care
  • Sacred Sundays

    Sacred Sundays

    No doubt due to my Catholic upbringing, I hold Sundays as sacred even though I no longer subscribe to an organized religious dogma. In my youth, Sundays meant attending Sunday mass and getting Dunkin’ Donuts afterwards. As a young wife and mother we made it family day and either went out for crepes or we […]

    Jade

    February 1, 2021
    faith, life, Life coaching, Meditation, personal development, poetry, relationships, retreats, spirituality
    sacred sunday
  • Why Throw A Living Memorial?

    Why Throw A Living Memorial?

    My husband turned 70 this week and the pre-Corona plan was to throw him an Honor Dinner (or Living Memorial) to celebrate his life. Now you might be asking what is the difference between an Honor Dinner and a birthday party. Quite simply it is the sentiment expressed. Let’s think about a regular memorial for […]

    Jade

    January 9, 2021
    death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, end of life doula, friends, grief, life, relationships, spirituality
    birthday celebrations, end of life, honor death, living memorial, living wake, living well dying better
  • Best Death Possible (part two) – A Daughter’s Mission

    Best Death Possible (part two) – A Daughter’s Mission

    The Difference A Doula Makes An experienced Death Doula is someone familiar with many faces of death. While death is universal in its presence, it is individual in its experience. In my situation, a Doula would’ve been outside the grief circle, someone who could hold space for me as I expended my energy fighting for […]

    Jade

    December 14, 2020
    death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, end of life doula, grief, life, Suicide, trauma
    COVID-19, emotional support for dying, end of life doula, end of life holistic support, judith klemos
  • Best Death Possible – Part One -A Mother’s Death

    Best Death Possible – Part One -A Mother’s Death

    Today, December 13, 2020 is the fifteenth anniversary of my mother’s transition. Until this time I haven’t shared the details of my experience of her death. There are so many things I would do differently, most are details that would matter only to me, however one thing I believe could’ve changed the outcome. I want […]

    Jade

    December 13, 2020
    death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, end of life doula, grief, trauma
    death and dying, dying, emotional support for dying, illness, trauma
  • Attachment To Things Has Gotten A Bad Rap

    Attachment To Things Has Gotten A Bad Rap

    In a country where hoarding is an epidemic, while simultaneously Marie Kondo has become a celebrity for downsizing, it’s important to understand the reason behind our attachment to possessions and the therapeutic value ‘things’ have in grieving. “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot,” 🎶 a popular lyric and a popular trend when […]

    Jade

    October 24, 2020
    death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, grief, life, relationships, trauma
    attachment, grief, hoarding, loss, trauma
  • When People Show You Who They Are, Believe Them

    When People Show You Who They Are, Believe Them

    When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That’s why it’s important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are. – Maya Angelou. This short little quote helped me understand the ‘how’ of relationships. I kept expecting people to be true to their words, because I […]

    Jade

    October 16, 2020
    friends, Life coaching, personal development, relationships
    friendship, Maya Angelou, relationships, romantic
  • Ask The Death Witch – Seeing Dead People

    Ask The Death Witch – Seeing Dead People

    A worried daughter asks, “What do we do when my mom hallucinates? She keeps seeing her dead father.” These are not hallucinations. There is a reason it is called ‘crossing over’ when people die. In every way it is a crossing over to ‘the other side’. In the process of crossing over they have one […]

    Jade

    October 8, 2020
    death and dying, end of life doula, end of life doula, faith, grief
    death and dying, last days, seeing dead parents, seeing dead people
  • Interfaith Ministry

    Interfaith Ministry

    “I’m not religious. I’m spiritual.” I have heard this more often than not in the past 15 years. It is how I’ve described my own Faith system for more than 30 years now. And it is exactly why my compulsion to serve in a spiritual role led me to my recent induction as a First […]

    Jade

    September 10, 2020
    faith, Meditation, personal development, spirituality
    chaplaincy, end of life doula, end of life holistic support, faith, faith system, guidance, spiritual advisor, spiritual guidance, spirituality
  • What The Lack Of End Of Life Planning Really Costs

    What The Lack Of End Of Life Planning Really Costs

    I want to share a deeply personal story. At the time of his death my daughter’s father and I had been divorced for four years. During our 23 year marriage, because of my career, we always had open discussions about dying and death. We were open with our daughter about death, never shielding or protecting […]

    Jade

    May 18, 2020
    death and dying, emotional estate planning, end of life doula, end of life doula, grief
    a good death, autonomy in death, death, death and dying, death conversations, death doula, end of life planning, positive death movement
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